Ticket-holder for railway-cars



(No M del) H. GU HMAN' TICKET HOLDER FOR RAILWAY OARS. I

No. 562,120. I Patented June 16, 1896.

WITHEEEEE. N TOR XyM M/QV v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

I-IIRAM OUSHMAN, OF ATTLEBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS.

TICKET-HOLDER FOR RAILWAY-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 562,120, dated June 16,1896.

Application filed March 2, 1896. Serial No. 581,442. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HIRAM GUSHMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing in Attleborough, in the county of Bristol and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Ticket-Holder forRailway-Oars, of which the following is a specification.

This is a holder or clamp adapted particularly to be secured to theinner surface of the wall of a railway-car, preferably, but notexclusively, a drawing-room car; and it has for its object to relievethe passenger of the necessity of holding his ticket by providing asuitable clamp or receptacle therefor.

Perhaps the most convenient place for my device is that portion of thewall which is between the windows, although any other suitable locationmay be utilized.

The nature of my invention is fully described below, and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal verticalsection taken centrally through a drawing-room car, showing the sidewall in elevation and with my device applied thereto. Fig. 2 is anenlarged transverse vertical section taken through the wall of the carand through my device. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my device removedfrom its position and with its parts separated.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

ct represents the floor; I), the side Wall; 01, the chairs, and e thewindows of an ordinary drawing-room car, all constructed as usual. Atsuitable places-say between the windows-there are cut horizontalrecesses or openings f for the purpose of accommodating my improvedticket-holders, each of which comprises a plate which consists of thevertical portion A, of any desired shape, and provided with holes A,whereby it is secured to the wall I) just below the recess f, thehorizontal fold B, the horizontal upper fold 0, produced by bending theplate back upon itself at D, and the vertical upwardly-bent portion E,and a' shield H. The folds B 0 lie within the correspondingly-shapedrecess f, and the upper fold O is provided next and parallel with itsouter edge with a downwardlyprojecting corrugation F extending acrosssaid fold. The fold G is a spring-fold and bears normally down upon thefold B, the contact being by means of the corruga tion F. The recess fis made of suficient height to allow of a limited amount of verti calplay of the fold C. The shield H has rearwardly-turned edges H and issecured to the wall 19 just over the recess f by means of screws in theholes h. Its bottom portion is formed at H in a straight line in orderto lie next and parallel with the recess. This shield or casing coversthe upturned portion E, which lies be tween it and the wall, and isthereby protected so that it cannot be tampered with. The edges H aremade deep enough to allow the portion E to swing somewhat between theshield and the wall.

WVhen the device is not in use, the corrugation F rests on the fold Band the portion E is forward, away from the wall I) and near the shield.

When a ticket is forced into the mouth, it crowds up the corrugation andhence lifts the fold (J and swings back the portion E. Thus the ticketis firmly held until it is required by the passenger or the conductor.

Of even date with this application is another application for LettersPatent, Serial No. 581,443, executed by me, in which the spring-fold Ois omitted, and a hinged leaf, and spiral spring bearing against saidleaf and the upper end of a suitable walled recess, arranged in placethereof.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

In a ticket-holder for railway-cars of the character described, thecombination with the spring-plate consisting essentially of the verticalfold A adapted to be secured to the car, the horizontal spring-folds B,0 adapted to extend into a suitable recess formed in a surface in thecar, and the vertical plate E extending up from the upper fold in frontof said surface; and the shield consisting of the main portion H andrearwardly-bent edges H, said shield adapted to be secured to saidsurface above and next to the recess and to overlap the plate E, theedges of said shield being of sufficient width to set the main portionthereof off from the surface enough to allow the said vertical plate tovibrate between the shield and the surface to which it is secured,substantially as described.

HIRAM CUSHMAN.

Witnesses B. W. WILLIAMS, 0. G. GRAYDON.

